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Find information in the following document about the history of the space program.

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NASA's History

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NASA's history began in 1958 as an agency of the United States government, initially called the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their purpose was to conduct research, exploration, and aeronautical engineering in order to extend human knowledge of space and its phenomena. Since the establishment of the space program, a number of major missions have been completed, including sending the first human to the Moon and launching the International Space Station into orbit.